Scarce Thorn Case-bearer

Coleophora trigeminella

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae

Coleophora trigeminella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, the Balkan Peninsula and the Mediterranean islands. The larvae feed on snowy mespilus (Amelanchier ovalis), Cotoneaster, midland hawthorn (Crataegus laevigata), common hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna), European crab apple (Malus sylvestris), wild cherry (Prunus avium), blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), common whitebeam (Sorbus aria) and rowan (Sorbus aucuparia).

Distribution

Scarce Thorn Case-bearer — (c) Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United Kingdom · 2Germany · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · CC-BY DescriptionColeophora trigeminella, Wikipedia contributors

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